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“poverty” across the centuries

Bar length = percentage of poems in that cohort whose critique surfaced this theme. Click an era to focus the poem list below (click again to show samples from all eras).

pre-1500 0 / 30 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 10 1550s 0 / 91 1600s 0 / 177 1650s 0 / 59 1700s 0 / 35 1750s 4 / 164 1800s 3 / 687 1850s 1 / 946 1900s 3 / 1123 1950s 1 / 15

Poems in 1900s · 3 with this theme Show all eras

Poverty
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Poverty

by D. H. Lawrence · English

D. H. Lawrence portrait

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

The Rich Man
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The Rich Man

by Franklin P. Adams · English

Franklin P. Adams portrait

15 November 1881 - 23 March 1960 (~79)

The Starved
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The Starved

by W. H. Davies · English

W. H. Davies portrait

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

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